§ 102. Mr. Russellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he proposes to take to secure the enforcement by Ethiopia of the agreement granting grazing rights in the Haud area to tribes from British Somaliland.
§ Mr. Dodds-ParkerOn 24th October my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies assured the House that Her Majesty's Government will do everything in their power to maintain the provisions of the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement, 1954. To this end consultations are proceeding between the British liaison officer in the Haud and the local Ethiopian authorities. It is my earnest hope that these consultations will lead to a clearer interpretation of the Agreement, particularly in so far as the grazing rights of tribes from British Somaliland are concerned.
§ 104. Mr. John Dugdaleasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what 169W protection is afforded to British subjects and British protected persons in Ethiopia.
§ Mr. Dodds-ParkerThe jurisdictional rights of British subjects and British protected persons in Ethiopia are regulated by an Agreement signed by Her Majesty's Government and the Ethiopian Government in Addis Ababa on 19th December, 1944. In practice consular protection is afforded to our subjects under the normal provisions of international law. The rights of British protected tribes who enter the area defined by the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement, 1954, for the purposes of grazing fall into a separate category and are regulated by that Agreement.